Oakland A's: Three options to shore up the middle infield

Oakland A’s: Three options to shore up the middle infield

OAKLAND, CA - MARCH 28: An overview of the Coliseum while the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Oakland Athletics stands for the National Anthem on Opening Day of Majoar League Baseball at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on March 28, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /

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With spring training just two weeks away and free agency finally heating up, the Oakland A’s have found themselves in a bit of a situation.

Their always tight budget has reportedly left them with very, very little to spend in free agency and their pool of minor league talent to deal from is slim. In fact, the Oakland A’s were the only franchise to not feature a prospect on MLB Pipeline’s latest Top 100 list.

Middle infield options for the Oakland A’s

Oakland does have one positive thing going for them as they prepare for the 2021 season, they play in the American League West, a division very much up for grabs with Seattle and Texas still in a rebuild phase and the Angels continuing to refuse to add quality pitching to their roster.

But there are some holes on this Oakland A’s roster that will need to be addressed if they want to put themselves in a position to take the West.

Tommy La Stella is now in San Francisco and Marcus Semien didn’t receive his $100 million contract, but is off to join an exciting team in Toronto, leaving Oakland in need of some middle infield help.

The free agent shortstop market is virtually cleaned out, but here are three ways in which the Oakland A’s can shore up their infield without spending very much money.

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